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His telescope must be on an unfortunate side of the globe in relation to full clear shots of Venus that we SHOULD be seeing.
Originally posted by DenyObfuscation
reply to post by NotAnAspie
His telescope must be on an unfortunate side of the globe in relation to full clear shots of Venus that we SHOULD be seeing.
Does this give you a better perspective on the situation?
STEREO
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
His telescope must be on an unfortunate side of the globe in relation to full clear shots of Venus that we SHOULD be seeing.
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
WHY, does the sun rise in the east and go west but venus appears to rise in the west and go east.
Originally posted by jra
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
His telescope must be on an unfortunate side of the globe in relation to full clear shots of Venus that we SHOULD be seeing.
Huh?
Venus will look the same when viewed from anywhere on Earth. Tonight, Venus should appear to be about half illuminated when viewed from Earth.
Originally posted by jra
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
WHY, does the sun rise in the east and go west but venus appears to rise in the west and go east.
It doesn't go west to east. It goes east to west with everything else in our sky due to the Earths rotation.
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
so having said that, then surely what i am thinking has something to it. that the best time to see is actually after sunrise and NOT in the evening as we turn away from the sun.
is that not correct?
Originally posted by jra
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
so having said that, then surely what i am thinking has something to it. that the best time to see is actually after sunrise and NOT in the evening as we turn away from the sun.
is that not correct?
After Sunrise? Not with the bright glare of the Sun shining into your eyes (or scope). With Venus' current position, the best time is after Sunset. Eventually when Venus has transited across the Sun we will start seeing Venus before Sunrise.
And I should correct myself from a previous post. I don't think Venus should appear to be about half illuminated tonight. Stellarium wasn't showing it accurately. As Venus moves closer to us and gets closer to the Sun (relative to our view), it should appear to become more and more of a crescent shape.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by NotAnAspie
Right now, no equipment will do it. But earlier this year the naked eye could.
www.fourmilab.ch...
Originally posted by artistpoet
reply to post by jra
Never realized that it had a UV filter - thanks for true image on which I can but make out a only very vague feature
Originally posted by artistpoet
reply to post by NotAnAspie
Here are are few Vortex on Venus videos I found
www.redicecreations.com...
www.youtube.com...
www.youtube.com...